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racerx last won the day on April 26 2018

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  1. I think most of us that are currently banned from Atari's Facebook, Twitter, and reddit pages for nothing more than asking uncomfortable VCS questions are going to be a tough nut to crack. I'd love to be won back but I'm not sure a corporate buyout of the preeminent fan community was the sign I was looking for.
  2. Spent a little quality time with Carl chatting up all things Jaguar. Good to see you! ?
  3. Man, this place never changes. ?
  4. That's nothing new, and it really says all you need to know about the company.
  5. No, it's a weak brand because Atari makes less money on clothing than Nintendo. I wouldn't judge Nike's strength on its console sales, so I'm not sure what you're going for there. Nintendo's juggernaut IP library dwarfs Atari's, and that directly translates to apparel licensing revenue. In 2021 Atari is a niche brand, which is a polite way of saying "weak."
  6. No, you couldn't. Each of those would be a separate license, and everything Atari is done as cheaply as possible.
  7. Let's not forget that PowerA got the contract after Atari SA tried to screw over dreamGEAR, the initial controller contractors.
  8. Stuff like this pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the company behind the VCS. This was an actual tweet.
  9. What on earth are you on about? It's arguably underpowered, but it's only real hardware problem is controller drift, something my kid's PS4 has also suffers from. And the dock possibly scratching the screen if we're really picking nits, I guess. Ultimately, hardware is just a means of running software, Nintendo's is top notch, and the market reflects it.
  10. I am that that Gen-X dad, and am a fan down to an Atari tattoo and a basement arcade full of Atari consoles and Atari arcade/pinball machines, and no...it doesn't make sense.
  11. I just love that we're now apparently using the Jaguar as a benchmark of success. ?
  12. I'm just not a brand guy. I truthfully just don't care if there's an Atari moving forward. If they make great compelling stuff, I'll buy it. Early Atari constantly did. Later Atari increasingly did not. I didn't buy the Jaguar, because it was a laughable attempt by a death spiralling company. I didn't care what it was branded. Then, I'm not a sports superfan either. Field a great team and I'll watch...but I don't have any kind of loyalty to some rich guy's team of rich guys just because we're in geographic proximity. So in answer to your original question, I simply don't need a future venture named "Atari." I'm going to buy the most compelling product, whether in be Atari, Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, or anything else.
  13. Yes, since you've asked. If it can't be a legitimate company with it's own in-house design and development, what's the point? Just to say the name exists? What's the joy in watching profiteers like Chesnais try to squeeze blood out a long dead turnip? My life is full of enjoyable things and moments that are long gone. I enjoy them for what they were, and have no compulsion to try to ghoulishly hang on to their remnants. I was a big Atari fan because they were a unique company at one time...but I'm not so obsessed that I need a zombie brand on life support.
  14. And I'm sure justclaws will eventually get around to all of them.
  15. On an unrelated note, does the AA forum software not have any kind of flood control?
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